The Busy Man's Braise

Rick Widmayer of Portland's Screen Door explains how to make rustic pork with a slow cooker.

Rick Widmayer is the chef at Portland's Screen Door, acclaimed for transplanting rustic, low-country Southern cuisine to the Pacific Northwest. When not serving locals, who voted Screen Door one of Portland's best restaurants, Widmayer uses a slow cooker at home to make these pork shanks. Cooks who don't like to spend all day in the kitchen should note the two to four hours of slow-cook time, which is plenty of time to take a nap, hit the gym, or ride a bike.